MOTM

Well, you are receiving this email from the "IC sockets are rarely worth the 
complications" president :)

The SSM2210/2220 are standard, off-the-shelf parts.

No one (dead or alive) can convince me putting a chip <$25 in a socket is "worth 
it" unless it has firmware in it.

I laugh at putting a 20 cent chip in a socket. The excuse is *always* "I want to 
easily replace it when it fails". But ALL (yes, all) data will show the IC 
socket will fail or add to failure something like 30 *times more* than if you 
soldered it in.

It's *not that difficult* to solder in a new part.

Paul S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Amann" <greg.amann@...>
To: <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 2:17 PM
Subject: [motm] Two newbie questions


> Yes, I did my homework and searched the message archives and I found
> no specific references to these questions, so here goes:
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> 1.- I am now building a MOTM-420 which uses the SSM2220.  Is this part
> or any MOTM part rare enough that I should be buying spares?
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> 2.- I have not been putting any of the gerden-variety ICs in sockets,
> just soldering them into the PCB.  I mean a 555 is worth what, $0.50?
> But what about the comparatively exotic SSM chips?
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> Am I unduly concerned?
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